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Quotation from Barron v. Baltimore by Supreme Court of the United States
“The Constitution was ordained and established by the people of the United States for themselves, for their own government, and not for the government of the individual States.”
Barron v. Baltimore, Opinion of the Court (Marshall, C.J.) (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource))
The Chief Justice states the premise from which the whole opinion follows.
Citation: "The Constitution was ordained and established by the people of the United States for themselves, for their own government, and not for the government of the individual States." — Supreme Court of the United States, Barron v. Baltimore, Opinion of the Court (Marshall, C.J.) (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource)). (id barron-v-baltimore-q2)
Portrait: John Marshall by Henry Inman, 1832, Henry Inman, Public domain.
